Ask the Experts: ARM's Cortex A53 Lead Architect, Peter Greenhalgh
Given the timing of yesterday's Cortex A53 based Snapdragon 410 announcement, our latest Ask the Experts installment couldn't be better. Peter Greenhalgh, lead architect of the Cortex A53, has...
160 by on 12/10/2013Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 410 Based on 64-bit ARM Cortex A53
ARM told us to expect some of the first 64-bit ARMv8 based SoCs to ship in 2014, and it looks like we're seeing just that. Today Qualcomm is officially...
95 by on 12/9/2013Crucial M500 SSD Giveaway: Holiday 2013
I've been a huge fan of SSDs ever since I started looking into them back in 2008. The impact to the overall PC user experience is nothing short of...
4156 by on 12/9/2013MSI Mini ITX Holiday 2013 Giveaway: Z87I Gaming AC Motherboard & GTX 760 Gaming ITX Video Card
Continuing our giveaways this holiday season we have a couple of mini ITX bundles from MSI. We've got two of these motherboard + video card combos to give away...
3231 by on 12/4/2013Futuremark Begins Delisting "Cheating" Mobile Devices from 3DMark Database
Over the summer, following a tip from @AndreiF7, we documented an interesting behavior on the Exynos 5 Octa versions of Samsung's Galaxy S 4. Upon detecting certain benchmarks the...
46 by on 11/26/2013Chipworks Confirms Xbox One SoC Has 14 CUs with 2 Disabled
In our mini-review of the Xbox One I speculated that the shipping version of Microsoft's console featured 14 AMD GCN CUs (Graphics Core Next Compute Units), with two disabled...
47 by on 11/26/2013A Post about Removable Storage, Removable Batteries and Smartphones
There's been a lot of talk lately about our position on removable storage and removable batteries in smartphones. Most of the discussion has centered around what we've said in...
376 by on 11/25/2013Enermax Case, Heatsink/Fan and Power Supply Giveaway: Holiday 2013
Going into this holiday season we're fortunate enough to have wonderful sponsors eager to show their support for AnandTech readers by providing us with some hardware to give away...
1278 by on 11/25/2013Qualcomm's Snapdragon 805: 2.5GHz, 128-bit Memory Interface, D3D11-class Graphics & More
Qualcomm has had an incredible year. It wasn’t too long ago that I was complaining about Qualcomm’s release cadence, the lull between Scorpion and Krait allowed competitors like NVIDIA...
105 by on 11/22/2013iPad mini with Retina Display: LTE Hotspot Battery Life
As I promised in our iPad mini with Retina Display review, I put the new mini through our LTE hotspot battery life test. As connected tablets are effectively smartphones...
20 by on 11/22/2013The Xbox One - Mini Review & Comparison to Xbox 360/PS4
Earlier this morning Microsoft lifted the embargo on press reviews of the Xbox One. I’ve been playing with final hardware and near final software for a few days now...
286 by on 11/20/2013Apple iPad mini with Retina Display: Reviewed
I suppose there’s only one way to start this review, and that’s by looking back at last year’s iPad mini review. In that review I had a section dedicated...
349 by on 11/16/2013Motorola's Affordable Moto G: $179 Off-Contract
Earlier this morning Motorola announced the Moto G, the second member of its new smartphone lineup and a far more affordable alternative to the Moto X we reviewed back...
50 by on 11/13/2013The AnandTech Mobile Show - 002
Yesterday we announced that we'd be doing our first (technically second) live mobile show tonight at 7PM ET. We're now just over 1.5 hours away from going live. I'll...
67 by on 11/5/2013The AnandTech Mobile Show - Live Tomorrow at 7PM ET via Google Hangouts on Air
Brian and I are going to be trying something somewhat new tomorrow evening. We find ourselves in a rare situation where both of us are at home with no...
46 by on 11/4/2013Microsoft Surface Pro 2 Firmware Update Improves Battery Life
Shortly after general availability of the Surface Pro 2, Microsoft pushed out a firmware update that allowed the Marvell WiFi solution to drive down to even lower power states...
63 by on 11/2/2013iPad Air Delivers 24 Hours of Battery Life as LTE Hotspot
A year ago during my review of the LTE iPad 3 I decided to find out how long the iPad would last as a personal hotspot. With the display...
56 by on 11/2/2013The iPad Air Review
It seemed like a foregone conclusion that the 10-inch tablet market was done for, with all interest and excitement shifting to smaller, but equally capable 7 or 8-inch tablets...
444 by on 10/29/2013iPad Air: Hands On [video]
Brian also just finished up some hands on with the iPad Air. Check out the video below for his impressions and a comparison to the new mini. We just played...
44 by on 10/22/2013iPad mini with Retina Display: Hands On [video]
Brian just spent some time hands on with the new iPad mini:
24 by on 10/22/2013